astilbe
noun
astilbe is spelled A-S-T-I-L-B-E: 7 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, astilbe means “Any species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of astilbe is astilbes.
How many letters and syllables are in astilbe?
| Letters | 7: A-S-T-I-L-B-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 59 million words; the 240,237th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is astilbe?
Astilbe appears about once in every 59 million words in written English, the 240,237th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce astilbe?
Astilbe has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with astilbe?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as astilbe.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bestial, ableist, stabile.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of astilbe
- astilbes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does astilbe mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Any species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Astilbe in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | astilbe |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does astilbe come from?
From the genus name.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).